The fashion firm Kaotiko and ESNE join forces in a sustainable project for a charitable purpose.

• ESNE students give a new life to Kaotiko garments with defects and put them on sale at a charity market.
• 100% of the proceeds will go to support the work of the NGO "Ellas lo bordan".

Madrid, 12 December 2022. ESNE, University of Design and Technology, and the urban fashion firm Kaotiko have joined forces to work together for a charitable purpose. To this end, Kaotiko has donated 75 garments to ESNE that have not passed its strict quality control and around 60 students from the Fashion Design and Multimedia and Graphic Design degrees have transformed them in a workshop held at the University, giving them their own style and managing to turn these defects into an opportunity to make something unique and extraordinary. 

In this way, sweatshirts, T-shirts, polo shirts or trousers have been recycled and elevated thanks to the creativity of the students who have created a new and exclusive product.

All the garments have been put on sale at a charity market on the University Campus and the proceeds will be donated to the NGO "Ellas lo bordan", a sewing workshop with an impact, which offers job opportunities to women at risk of social exclusion. 

In order to carry out this collaboration, ESNE students attended a workshop a few weeks ago, which was opened by Germán Bernard, CEO of Kaotiko, who explained to ESNE students the importance of how to optimise resources in fashion production.

The workshop was led by Concha Romeu, an artist who works with fabrics, and Ardiya, DJ and stylist, owner of a hat company that also recycles garments. Romeu and Ardiya were teaching the students different creative techniques for treating fabrics, some of which were later put into practice when creating the new garments. 

About Kaotiko

Kaotiko is a fashion company that was born in 1999 under the premise of "Bringing fashion to the street, creating a community that shares much more than a lifestyle" and that bets on a local textile production, leaving aside the concept of "fast fashion", with creations designed and produced in Barcelona and surroundings, giving a more exclusive character to each garment. Kaotiko is also committed to a sustainable future and claims a responsible fashion and consumption, so another of its objectives is that the garments are increasingly sustainable, made with fabrics and materials from sustainable sources that reduce the impact of their production on the environment. 

About ESNE

Located in the heart of Madrid, ESNE is the largest university campus of Design in Spain and a pioneer in offering University Degrees in this field.

In February 2022, the Assembly of Madrid approved the creation of the University of Design and Technology which, promoted by ESNE, will become the first University specialising in these subjects in Spain.

ESNE currently offers seven official university degrees: Fashion Design, Multimedia and Graphic Design, Interior Design, Product Design, Video Game Design and Development, Audiovisual Design and Illustration and Fashion Management and Communication, in addition to the Official University Master's Degrees in User Experience, Graphic Design, Interior Design and Product Design. The centre also offers the British Degree in Animation and the Higher Level Training Cycle in 3D Animation, Games and Interactive Environments.

In addition, the institution was recognised with a special mention by the jury of the National Innovation and Design Awards 2019 for "its commitment to the training in innovation of new professional profiles with the capacity to adapt to the constant process of transformation of the Spanish productive fabric". It is the first university centre that, individually, obtains this recognition at national level.

About Ellas lo Bordan

Ellas lo Bordan is a sewing workshop with impact, which offers job opportunities to women in vulnerable situations. The main element for the transformation and change of these women is the textile workshop, where technical training oriented towards learning a trade is facilitated and their transversal competences are strengthened to favour their social and labour integration. The Manresa Foundation is the promoter of Ellas lo Bordan. Its mission is to promote social inclusion through the social economy and, specifically, through insertion enterprises. Demonstrating that a more inclusive, sustainable and fair economy can and must be made for all the people who participate in it. 

Ellas lo Bordan contributes to the creation of decent work (SDG8), for gender equality (SDG5), to reduce inequalities (SDG10) and for responsible production and consumption.